CS 1.6 Dedicated Server

This is a HLDS setup I made for CS with custom addons and an easy ramp-up. It also fixes several installation issues most people have when trying to create a dedicated CS server.

What's in it?

• Custom maps
• Metamod (1.21.1-am)
• AMX Mod X (1.8.2)
• Podbot (V3B22)

Custom AMX plugins:

• HPK (High Ping Kicker)
• Podbot menu
• Round Money
• Rock the vote
• Admin all in one

Quick Reference (docker-compose)

Fill in the path to the users.ini file

  hlds:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    volumes:
      - PATH-TO-USERS.INI:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/addons/amxmodx/configs/users.ini
      - ./cstrike/addons:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/addons
      - ./cstrike/logs:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/logs
      - ./cstrike/cfgs:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/cfgs:ro
      - ./cstrike/liblist.gam:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/liblist.gam:ro
      - ./cstrike/mapcycle.txt:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/mapcycle.txt:ro
      - ./cstrike/server.cfg:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/server.cfg:ro
      - ./cstrike/motd.html:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike/motd.html:ro
      - ./cstrike/maps:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike_downloads/maps:ro
      - ./cstrike/maps:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike_downloads/gfx:ro
      - ./cstrike/maps:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike_downloads/models:ro
      - ./cstrike/maps:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike_downloads/sound:ro
      - ./cstrike/maps:/home/steam/hlds/cstrike_downloads/sprites:ro
    ports:
      - "27015:27015"
      - "27015:27015/udp"
    environment:
      - RCON_PASSWORD=""
      - SV_PASSWORD=""
      - MAXPLAYERS="24"
      - MAPNAME="de_dust2"

Sample users.ini file (replace your steam ID)

; Users configuration file
; File location: $moddir/addons/amxmodx/configs/users.ini

; Line starting with ; is a comment

; Access flags:
; a - immunity (can't be kicked/baned/slayed/slaped and affected by other commmands)
; b - reservation (can join on reserved slots)
; c - amx_kick command
; d - amx_ban and amx_unban commands
; e - amx_slay and amx_slap commands
; f - amx_map command
; g - amx_cvar command (not all cvars will be available)
; h - amx_cfg command
; i - amx_chat and other chat commands
; j - amx_vote and other vote commands
; k - access to sv_password cvar (by amx_cvar command)
; l - access to amx_rcon command and rcon_password cvar (by amx_cvar command)
; m - custom level A (for additional plugins)
; n - custom level B
; o - custom level C
; p - custom level D
; q - custom level E
; r - custom level F
; s - custom level G
; t - custom level H
; u - menu access
; z - user (no admin)

; Account flags:
; a - disconnect player on invalid password
; b - clan tag
; c - this is steamid/wonid
; d - this is ip
; e - password is not checked (only name/ip/steamid needed)
; k - name or tag is case sensitive.  eg: if you set it so the name "Ham"
;     is protected and case sensitive (flags "k" only), then anybody
;     can use the names "haM", "HAM", "ham", etc, but not "Ham"

; Password:
; Add to your autoexec.cfg: setinfo _pw "<password>"
; Change _pw to the value of amx_password_field

; Format of admin account:
; <name|ip|steamid> <password> <access flags> <account flags>

; Examples of admin accounts:
; "STEAM_0:0:123456" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "ce"
; "123.45.67.89" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "de"
; "My Name" "my_password" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "a"

"loopback" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "de"
"STEAM-ID-GOES-HERE" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "ce"

Setup

1. Install Docker

2. Install Docker Compose

3. Run $ bin/setup

4. Now you have to add yourself as an admin. Edit the file cstrike/addons/amxmodx/configs/users.ini and add your credentials. See the examples below:

   ; Examples of admin accounts:
   ; "STEAM_0:0:123456" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "ce"
   ; "123.45.67.89" "" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "de"
   ; "My Name" "my_password" "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu" "a"
   

5. On your client, edit the file cstrike/userconfig.cfg and add your password there, like the following:

   setinfo "_pw" "mypa$$w0rd"
   

Running

This way to run the server is deprecated. You should just use the compose sample above.

To run the server, you can simply run:

$ bin/server start

Follow the logs:

$ bin/server logs -f

Stop the server:

$ bin/server stop

Configuring

Edit server.cfg and files on cfgs folder to set different server settings.

Also, configure AMXModX as you wish by modifying the files on addons/amxmodx.

There are some settings related to server initialization that are located on .env file. Changes on them will most likely require a restart.

Adding new maps require you to restart the server.

Common instalation issues

When doing a clean HLDS installation, as suggested on Steam manual, a few issues may arise.

1. Installation just doesn't work. Sometimes you would have to run app_update 90 several times and it wouldn't install all needed files. This is a hard one to solve, and I did it with help of this workaround. What it does is basically add 3 manifest files on hlds/steamapps folder and proceeds the installation.
2. First time you run HLDS, it crashes at the first time. This is some other bug caused by a missing steam_appid.txt file on hlds folder.
3. Warning messages of missing $HOME/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so files. The fix is quite easy: we just need to link these files onto the expected path.
4. Warning messages of missing custom.hpk file. This can get annoying and make us think that there's something wrong. Don't worry, this is just a file used to store custom sprays from people who connect to the server. The fix for that is creating a blank cstrike/custom.hpk file when we start the server for the first time.

This Docker image fix all these errors gracefully so you don't have to worry.

Compatibility

Currently, this server is compatible with MacOS and Linux.

License

MIT.